'Was excited as well as daunted': Virgin River showrunner on 'best wedding season of television'

As many viewers already know, the two protagonists- Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan- got hitched as what was wished by the fans of the show.

In the backdrop of the show's premiere, Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith revealed how it was to shoot the wedding ofMel and Jack- played by Alexandra Breckenridge and Martin Henderson respectively.

Opening up on Mel and Jack tying the knot, Patrick told The Hollywood Reporter, "I was very excited, also, incredibly daunted. But it felt like the opportunity to really pull off the best wedding season of television, which nowadays you don’t get that very often.

"It would have been like a two-part wedding event and this, we kind of lived in it from the first frame of season six until the very end, which was an incredible opportunity. I took in all the responsibility that went with it to make sure that the fans felt like they experienced it as much as the anticipation built up to it."

Virgin River features Martin Henderson and Alexandra Breckenridge in the lead | Photo courtesy: Screenshot grab from YouTube video

Produced by Reel World Management, Virgin River is based on the Virgin River novels by Robyn Carr.

Filmed in British Columbia, Canada, the first season of the series- which is shown to be set in the United States, was premiered on December 6, 2019.

The story begins with Mel, who is a nurse practitioner and a midwife, leaving the city and moving to the remote Northern California town of Virgin River to work for a clinic in a bid to recover from the grief of her husband's untimely death.

Mel, who falls in love with Jack who owns a pub in the small town, discovers the not-so simple living in the town as she had expected.

Apart from running a pub, Jack is shown as a former U.S. Marine who suffers from PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder.